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Steve, Beautiful photo of gun and bird, nicely composed! Karl
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Well done Steve - an excellent photo of a beautiful gun and bird.
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That gun looks like a dandy! Envious.
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Went out in search of pheasants, but harvested this nice duck instead with the old Purdey. It was a long 40yd shot with the back trigger, full choke throwing 1 1/16 oz #5s RST.
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Nice gun Owen. I'm surprised the mallard drake has not finished his molt yet. The ones I shot in Saskatchewan a couple of weeks ago were still in their brown phase as well...Geo
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Nice gun Owen. I'm surprised the mallard drake has not finished his molt yet. The ones I shot in Saskatchewan a couple of weeks ago were still in their brown phase as well...Geo Looks like a hen to me. Wouldnt a drakes bill be bit more yellow than that?
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Nice gun Owen. I'm surprised the mallard drake has not finished his molt yet. The ones I shot in Saskatchewan a couple of weeks ago were still in their brown phase as well...Geo Looks like a hen to me. Wouldnt a drakes bill be bit more yellow than that? Opposite I think...Geo
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Hens bills are a bit more orangeish. I dont see any molting colors on her head either. The speculum looks very henish too.
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It really does look like a hen, but the eclipse plumage confuses me. Seems late though for a mallard drake to be in eclipse.
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